Lemmy:
Low engagement / kinda dead.
Waltz into any thread and say the word "Tankie", and then come back and tell me if this is still true lmao
this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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Low engagement / kinda dead
Don't compare numbers with sites like reddit. The quality of engagement is really good on lemmy. You can talk to real humans here.
I hear this a lot with no explanation concerning why they feel so confident. I'm not saying your wrong, but I am saying you're speaking about things that aren't definitive.
I know it subjectively after interacting on lemmy / piefed.
The philosophy behind the fediverse tends to attract a chill crowd that wants to just discuss and pass time without an agendaβlike selling products or karma farming. It also keeps bots at a minimum.
Ebaum's world will be back on top any day now
I like the fediverse based alternatives. Lemmy, piefed, MBin(or something like that - never tried it). Feels more like building a community. Most corparate Digital Media for me feel more like being forced to go there.
Lemmy is not dead at all. It's just doesn't have hundreds of millions. There are many vibrant communities, like this one
Outside of Communism, Linux, and Star Trek, there isn't that much.
Most people aren't here because of what this place is, but what other places aren't.
Don't forget the lesbian hornyposting ... or maybe that's just me feed ...
I mentioned Linux.
Exactly. There is a community set up, but posts are daily at best with only a few comments.
Honestly, that's enough for me. I don't want to spend hours here. A few minutes are enough.
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i see a whole lot of stuff here and not a single communism/startrek post. there are many foss/linux stuff tho
Communism posting is usually on Lemmy.ml, Hexbear.net, and Lemmygrad.ml.
yep so you don't see them unless you actively subscribe to those communities.
Depends on how you sort, locally or by all, new comments or active.
Lemmy is pretty great. Growth isn't as important when profit isn't the goal, and I like having a lot of communists. It might appear more dead from your side because you're not on an instance federated with most of them, though. Lemmy.world is definitely more similar to reddit.
Please excuse my ignorance, but should I change instances then? To one instance that it's federated with more other instances? To Hexbear.net or something?
Do you want to see communist content more? Lemmy.ml or something like Lemmy.zip can maximize federation. Do you want to pretty much only see content from leftists of various stripes, and want to defederate from non-leftists? Hexbear.net is nice too. It depends on what you want.
Personally, I think the best thing to do is scroll some instances locally without an account and see if you like the vibe, then transfer over to the one that fits you the best.
What if I prefer communists, but also want exposure to contrasting/conflicting views and principles? I know you advised a lemmy.ml acc, but I have been here for a few months and constantly hear about how other instances block/defed the .ml instance. I kinda hate how ppl shut out others and use lemmy to just form their own echo chamber of comfort. What instance do the moderately conservative communists prefer?
federation certainly allows the bubble to close - {dot}world is an example; zero hate, people can absolutely choose to ensmollen their PoV if that makes their world safer. the nice thing is, interesting, thriving alter-views are only a federated instance away :-)
I tend towards the democratic socialist point of view as a default, but damn-me if hexbear isn't both entertaining and informative, even if I disagree with some of their more... spicy(?) positions (sometimes vehemently).
lemmy{dot}ml is one of the most widely federated instances around, primarily because its a pretty diverse mix of lefty and lefty-ish ideas. lemmygrad{dot} hexbear{dot}net and blahaj{dot}zone and others equality as infuriating/interesting are all accessible from lemmy{dot}ml. its a pretty ideal instance, for me at least.
one thing I do try to make a point of doing is preferentially interacting on non {dot}world posts and comments. many peeps will post across community instances to encourage engagent diversity. keeping things active on non-{dot}world communities helps everyone.
Lemmy.ml isn't really defederated. Individual users may block it, but that doesn't stop me from seeing their viewpoints, it just stops them from seeing mine. You could make a Lemmy.zip account, and just subscribe to the communities across instances you want to see, then scroll by "subscribed," making your own local feed.
I don't know what you mean by "moderately conservative communists," communists are definitionally radicals.